Nature Warden

[Fresnel]

Hi,

I am unsure how to interpret:

Companion Bond (Ex): At 1st level, a nature warden's class levels stack with levels in all classes that grant an animal companion for the purpose of determining her animal companion's abilities.

I have a Ranger 4, Inquisitor 4(Animal), character who takes a level in Nature Warden. How do you calculate the effective druid level for the Animal Companion?

A) (4-3) + (4-3) + 1 = 3
B) 4 + 4 + 1 - 3 = 6

[Chess Pwn]

A

Ranger's effective druid is Class level-3, animal domain has the effective level at class level-3 and nature warden is just at class level. So 1+1+1 = 3.

[Ciaran Barnes]

Definitely time for Boon Companion.

[Fresnel]

Boon Companion?

[VRMH]

Boon Companion.

[Fresnel]

Would be perfect. Not allowed at the table unfortunately.

I fear a 3 HD companion is going to be too fragile in a 9th level game. Need to rethink.